[ad_1] PANAJI: Tightening the noose around village panchayats for their failure to set up material recovery facilities (MRF) for effective garbage management, the high court of Bombay at Goa on Wednesday directed the Rachol and Colva panchayats to forfeit their deposits of Rs 60,000 and Rs 90,000, respectively. It also...
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[ad_1] New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Wednesday said if a candidate fails to disclose conviction for holding a dharna, a non-substantive offence, then it would not amount to corrupt practices under the Representation of People Act.A bench of Justices S. Abdul Nazeer and V. Ramasubramanian allowed an appeal by...
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[ad_1] New Delhi, Protest is a "tool in the hands of the civil society" just as "strike is a weapon in the hands of the workmen", the Supreme Court said on Wednesday. The top court made the remarks while hearing an appeal filed by Ravi Namboothiri, who had challenged the...
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[ad_1] Bengaluru, The High Court of Karnataka has ruled that only when there is documentary evidence on age provided by a school or municipal authority,, the question of a medical officer's opinion on the age proof does not arise. The court has, therefore, set aside the acquittal of a person...